Nahla Summers is an author and social campaigner. She has undertaken distance cycling and walking challenges to draw attention to her mission of encouraging acts of kindness between strangers. In 2014 Summers founded a social enterprise called ''Sunshine People'' which aims to encourage acts of kindness. She also runs an enterprise called ''A Culture of Kindness'' which aims to improve business practices. In 2018, Summers cycled 3015 miles from

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. In 2020, she cycled 5007 miles over four months on an

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in the form of the word "kindness."

Honours

* Awarded with a Point of Light award by the Prime Minister

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in 2018. * Finalist in the 0-£10.000 category of the Charity Film Awards in 2019 for ''Sunshine People''. * Gold winner in the 0-£10.000 category of the Charity Film Awards in 2020 for ''We are Sunshine People''.

Bibliography

References

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